ATI TEAS English Questions - Nurselytic

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The correct answer is D, 'Noun phrase.' In the sentence 'New students should report to the student center,' the underlined portion 'new students' is a noun phrase functioning as the subject of the sentence. A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and verb that does not express a complete thought, which is not the case here. An adverbial phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb and typically answers questions like 'how,' 'when,' 'where,' or 'why,' which is not applicable in this context. An adjective clause is a group of words that describe a noun, but 'new students' in the sentence is not serving as a descriptive element of another noun; instead, it is the main subject.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale:
Choice A, 'NO CHANGE,' is the correct answer. 'Party's' is correctly used to show the possessive form, indicating the approach belongs to the Black Panther Party.

Choices B, C, and D incorrectly use plural forms ('Parties' or 'Partys') or unnecessary apostrophes ('Partys''), which do not accurately convey the possessive form needed in this context.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale:
Choice C, 'enabled him to quickly rise,' is the correct answer as it maintains the past tense to match the context of the sentence. The sentence describes actions that have already occurred, so the past tense 'enabled' is appropriate.
Choice A is incorrect as it does not provide the correct tense for the sentence.
Choice B is incorrect as it uses the present continuous tense, which is not suitable for the context of the sentence.
Choice D is incorrect as it uses the future tense, which does not align with the past actions described in the sentence.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The word 'exhaustive' is an adjective in this sentence. Adjectives modify nouns, and in this case, 'exhaustive' is describing the noun 'inquiry.' A noun, verb, or adverb would not be appropriate here. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea, which 'exhaustive' is not. A verb is an action word, and 'exhaustive' is not functioning as a verb in this sentence. An adverb typically modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, but 'exhaustive' is not serving this function in the sentence provided.
Therefore, the correct answer is 'D: Adjective.'

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The correct answer is B: Comma splice. A comma splice is present in the sentence, where two independent clauses are incorrectly joined by a comma. In this case, 'Some workers use all their sick leave' and 'other workers cash out their leave' are two independent clauses that should be separated by a conjunction or a stronger punctuation mark like a semicolon or period.
Choice A, parallelism, is incorrect because the error in the sentence is not related to maintaining parallel structure.
Choice C, sentence fragment, is incorrect as the sentence contains two independent clauses, not fragments.
Choice D, subject-verb agreement, is also incorrect as the error in the sentence does not involve agreement between subjects and verbs.